New York, January 27, 2011--Authorities in Zambia's Western Province
must immediately allow community station Radio
Lyambayi to return to air, the Committee to Protect Journalists said
today. The government raided the private broadcaster based
in Mongu, about 360 miles (580 kilometers) west of the capital, Lusaka, carting
away computers and other broadcasting equipment on January 16, according to the Media Institute of Southern Africa
(MISA).




